232 European Butterflies and Moths. 



*I3. //. Fiirva (\V. V.). — Fore-wings varied with dark grey and brown, the transverse lines 

 double, slightly dentated, and filled up with pale grey ; the subterminal line whitish, forming 

 a short W, and marked with black arrow-heads ; the reniform stigma pale yellow behind, 

 sometimes with two whitish dots below; hind-wings greyish-white, darker towards the hind 

 margin. Expands from i^ to if inches. Widely distributed in Central Europe and Northern 

 and Western Asia in July and August, but local. The larva is violet-brown, with raised black 

 spots, and a dark brown head, and plates on the 2nd and last segments. It lives on grass till 

 June. 



*I4. H. Abjcda (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings blackish, with the markings very indistinct; the 

 transverse lines are scarcely double, and slightly bordered with lighter, and the elbowed line is 

 spotted with black and ^^'hite at the ends of the teeth ; the subterminal line is narrowly whitish, 

 with a short W^ and suffused black arrow-heads, and there are two whitish dots below and 

 behind the reniform stigma ; hind-wings dark grey, with the base lighter. Expands about 

 if inches. Widely distributed in Central Europe and Northern and Western Asia in June 

 and July, but rather scarce. The larva lives on grass, &c., and hides itself during the day under 

 stones, and at the roots of plants. 



15. //. Lateritia (Hufn.). — Fore-wings reddish or yellowish-brown, with black and white dots 

 beyond the single dentated elbowed line ; the two stigmata are grey, the orbicular stigma oblique, 

 and the reniform stigma bordered with white behind ; the subterminal line and generally all the 

 other markings are more or less indistinct. Expands from if to 2 inches. Common throughout 

 the greater part of Europe (e.xcept Britain) and Northern Asia, from June to August. The larva 

 is dark grey, with a black plate on the 2nd and last segments, and a brown head. It feeds on 

 grass till May. 



* 16. //. Monoglypha (Hufn.), Polyodon (Linn.), {Dark Arclics). — Fore-wings greyish-brown, 

 varied with darker brown, and in the suffused submarginal band with whitish, with a black 

 basal streak, and another in the central area in cell i b ; the transverse lines indistinctly double, 

 and bordered with lighter ; the inner line projects strongly below the middle, and the elbowed 

 line is dentated, and interrupted in cell i b ; the subterminal line forms a very distinct W, 

 and is marked with sharply-defined dark arrow-heads ; the orbicular and reniform stigmata are 

 large, and the former oblique ; hind-wings grey. It varies considerably in colour, and Scotch 

 and Irish specimens are unusually dark. Expands from if to 2 inches. Abundant throughout 

 Europe and Northern and Western Asia in June and July, flying in gardens or into lighted 

 rooms in the evening. The larva is brownish-grey, and very shining, with dark brown warts, 

 head, and plates. It feeds on the roots of grass till May. The moth is figured at PI. 37, 

 Fig. II. 



* 17. H. LitJwxylca (W. V.). — Fore-wings pale ochre-yellow, varied with brownish ; the only 

 visible markings are a row of small black and pale dots in the suffused submarginal band ; the 

 commencement of the transverse lines on the costa ; the suffused central shade ; a dark lunule 

 of the elbowed line above the fold, which is bordered with white ; and two long teeth of the 

 subterminal line in the middle, above and below which the hind margin is broadly reddish- 

 brown ; hind-wings dirty white, with the hind margin grey. Expands from if to 2 inches. 

 Common in Central Europe and Western Asia in June and July. The larva is bluish-green, 

 with a black head, and a plate behind. It feeds on the roots of grass till May. (*//'. Siibliistris, 

 Esp., which some consider a variety, is rather smaller and scarcer, with yellowish fore-wings, varied 

 with rusty-red and yellowish-white, and with the elbowed line more or less distinctly marked ; 

 hind-wings shaded with darker before the hind margin.) 



